Improvement in cartridge-holders



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEROY J .GAINES, OF WEST MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLESPARKER, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT'IN CARTRIDGE-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,987, dated March18, 1873.

To allv whom it may concern? Be it known that I, LEROY J. GAINES, of

v West Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut,have invented a new Improvement in Cartridge-Belt; and I do herebydeclare the following, when taken in connection. with the accompanyingdrawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, and which said drawingconstitutes part of this specification, and represents a perspectiveview of a portion of the belt.

This invention relates to a device for convenien tly carryingcartridge-shells for breechloading sporting-arms; and it consists in abelt of leather, or other flexible material, to be clasped around thebody, constructed with a ledge upon its lower edge, upon which thecartridges'rest, and with a series of elastic clasps, each independentof the other, and each constructed to grasp the cartridge-shell, as morefully hereinafter described.

A is the belt, constructed upon its lower edge with.a ledge, B,preferably done by stitching to the belt a narrow strip of leather.

Along the belt a thin strip, 0, of metal is placed, and onto this aseries of clasps, D, more or less in number, are each riveted to thebelt through the strip O. The strip of metal (3 gives a firmness to theclasp that would not be attained if set directly upon the 7 surface ofthe belt. These clasps are made elastic, so that a cartridgecase may beeasily pressed within the grasp of the clasp, as denoted at E in thedrawing, and may be easily drawn therefrom, yet will hold the cartridgewith sufficient power to prevent its accidental removal. The heads ofthe cartridges rest upon the continuous ledge B on the belt below.

I claim as my invention A belt, A, constructed with a ledge, B, at ornear its lower ed ge, and provided with independent clasps D, more orless in number, above the said ledge, substantially as and for thepurpose set forth.

LEROY J. GAINES.

Witn asses R. A. PALMER, CHAS. L. TAYLOR.

